Yolo deputies shoot and kill charging pit bulls

While conducting a probation search, Yolo County Sheriff's deputies shot two pit bulls that charged the deputies. The pit bulls were shot and killed.

The incident occurred at 9:20 a.m., Monday when several deputies conducted a probation search at 138 Antelope St., in Woodland.

Inside the residence they located two subjects, 46-year-old Carol Vitalie, and 43-year-old Vincent Van Asperson, along with three pit bull dogs.

The three pit bull dogs were in a bedroom that needed to be searched. Yolo County Animal Control Officers responded to remove the dogs from the bedroom.

"While one dog was being removed by an animal control officer, a second came charging out of the bedroom and a deputy Tased that pit bull," according to Sgt. Lance Faille of the Yolo County Sheriff's Department. "A third pit bull came out of the bedroom tearing the electrical wires from the Taser's barbs.

"Both loose pit bulls charged two different deputies in separate locations of the residence and were shot by those deputies," using their sidearms. "The pit bulls were transported to UC Davis Animal Hospital and were deceased on arrival. The third pit bull was removed from the residence as well as five other dogs that were in the back yard, they are currently at the Yolo County Animal Shelter."

None of the dogs were properly licensed, according to Faille.

Vitalie and Van Asperson were arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and booked at the Monroe Detention Center.

The subject of the search, Shane Edgington, was not located at the residence at the time of the search. The specific reason deputies were conducting their probation search for Edgington was not provided.